On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 07:02:50PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2018-03-07, Scott Kostyshak <skostys...@ufl.edu> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 08:06:12PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> > >> I've noticed that the handling of text/plain by popular GUI MUAs has > >> gotten so bad in past few years, that I'm now reluctant to send mail > >> in that format. > > > > What are the most common mistakes? > > They don't use a fixed-width font. I suppose it's debatable as to > whether that's a "bug", but it wrecks a lot of plaintext posts/emails > that have columns of data or "tables" in them. > > Some of them start a new paragraph (complete with extra vertical > space) everytime they see a cr/lf. > > Or, they wrap things like bullet lists into a single "paragraph": > > This is a list with three items > * item 1 > * item 2 > * item 3 > > But it shows up like this: > > This is a list with three items * item 1 * item 2 * item 3 > > text/plain (which usually assumes an 80-colum display) often renders > especially bad on narrow phone displays. > > > I wasn't aware of this situation, and since I often argue in favor > > of text/plain (well, usually multi-part MIME), I should be aware of > > these issues. > > It depends on what MUAs (and the versions) the recipients have.
Thanks, Grant and Tim for your explanations. That's good to know! Scott -- Scott Kostyshak Assistant Professor of Economics University of Florida https://people.clas.ufl.edu/skostyshak/
